Chapter 65: Ogawa Yoko's Great Discovery

  Ogura Yuko recently discovered something big.

  A seventeen-year-old girl who is slightly silly has recently had time to run to the TV station after being trained by the company, shuttling between various studios to see if there are any actors without lines. This is the most common thing for an extra actor without a regular face. Previously, she even mixed up a position as a TV show assistant, so-called assistant was just a vase that appeared on camera, occasionally helping the host hold something. Her current performing career is in its early stages, so things like this are done as much as possible, and it's considered a high-level one, just a temporary worker on the set with company training.

  But she was already very satisfied with that, the salary provided by the company allowed her to survive in Tokyo, and even rented an apartment that she couldn't afford before to cultivate her temperament. For a while, she even had a bit of confidence that "she was already an entertainment industry person".

  Ogura Yuko's apartment location is quite good, according to the broker, this apartment also has many people in the entertainment industry living there. However, among those in the entertainment industry, only a few can appear on camera. Recently, Ogura observed that most of the residents in the apartment are aiming to be artists and their goal is to get commercial jobs. Although they are also part of the entertainment industry, such as assistant directors, lighting technicians, etc., these professions may have some influence on set, but outside, they are just ordinary people.

  And what about her? A seventeen-year-old beauty, being heavily cultivated by the company to become a future cash cow and super idol. Compared to someone like her, the people in the apartment... are nothing, really.

  So when facing other residents in the apartment, she had a little pride in her heart.

  Recently, she also discovered that a boy had moved in next door. The boy was tall and thin, occasionally carrying a guitar. "He must be an aspiring artist too," Ogura Yui thought to herself, "but I wonder which company he's signed with." She didn't think this young-looking boy would amount to much. Girl idols like her started making money at a young age, and by the time they reached thirty, unless they had been extremely successful, they were already considered old and could retire. Men were different, though. An eighteen-year-old man, unless he was part of a huge company like Johnny's, would struggle to make ends meet until his thirties.

  Another thing that has been on her mind lately is "Little Love". This is a great song, but Yui Ogura actually prefers another song outside of "Little Love", which suits her taste better. She also admires Zhou Xiao, the singer, who was able to make such a big impact with just her first single, and is like an idol for someone like her who came to Tokyo to seek fortune.

  "It's said that Zhou Xiao will also appear as a guest on tonight's Music Station." One of the girls who trained with Ogura Yui during training said.

  "Really? Then I'll have to go back and take a look, I really like his songs." someone said.

  "Doesn't Ogura-san want to watch?" someone asked, turning around as Ogura Yui didn't seem very interested.

  "If it's on MS, I'm sure she'll sing 'Little Love' right? But actually, I wanted to hear the second song 'Secret Base'", said Ogura Yuko.

  "With his qualifications, he should only be able to sing one song, but aren't you curious about Zhou Xiao's appearance?"

  "What's so surprising, we've seen rock stars before, they're just like that." Ogura Yuko could almost guess what the so-called rock star looked like without thinking, with hair longer than hers, wearing various small decorations on her hands, wearing black clothes with a skull head, and some even wore a nose ring like a cow...

  It's no wonder that Ogura Yuko has such a stereotypical impression, it's just that the vast majority of rock singers appear in front of people like this.

  But such a guy is obviously not liked by normal people, even if they like their music.

  But just because she wasn't interested didn't mean others weren't, and Ogawa Yuko, who couldn't win over the crowd, ended up going to one of the girls' homes after class and work today to watch some MS together. To say nothing of the fact that they were all in their teens, living alone in Tokyo for a long time - how could they not be lonely? So it was only natural that they would often get together.

  Then, when Zhou Xiao appeared on stage at that moment, the small room was filled with high-pitched screams from girls just like it was during the MS concert.

  "He's actually handsome!" "My type of guy!" "Looks so clean too!" "If all rock singers are like this, I'll start liking rock music too!" The girls' screams and comments erupted.

  The only one who didn't scream was probably Ogura Yuko, but not screaming doesn't mean she wasn't surprised. In fact, the other girls screamed because they saw a handsome guy, while Ogura Yuko didn't scream, naturally because she recognized this person.

  "Th...this isn't the kid who lives next door to me!?" thought Ogura Yuko with some trepidation.

  An hour ago, he was just a rookie from some small company's training program, but now he has suddenly transformed into a newly emerged signed artist of Being Inc., discovered by Sakai Izumi as a super genius?

  And for myself, isn't it just like living next to a gold mine?

  Good grief, why didn't I get to know him sooner... Yoko Ogura couldn't help but feel a little regretful. This kind of regret is actually quite normal, her family background was just ordinary, and entering the entertainment industry, it's impossible not to have some thoughts about making money, but she also knew clearly that with her own talent and abilities, in the entertainment industry for ten years, at most she could only become a top-level gravure idol or something like that, as for singing, dancing, and acting? From the way her teachers would sigh and shake their heads every day in class, she could feel just how bad she was.

  It's just like MS said that day, Zhou Xiao is the kind of person who exists in the entertainment industry relying on her works, and she is the top-notch. As for those singers who can sing but cannot create songs, and actors who also cannot create, they belong to the second tier, they have talent, but their talent is not in the most important part. As for idols, 80s idols may still be barely considered as having singer attributes, but from Yoko Minamino's generation, idols began to have nothing to do with singing ability, and even Yoko Minamino herself cannot be considered a singing idol, she can only be considered a branch of idol, a gravure idol.

  She would have no choice but to rely on someone powerful in the entertainment industry, otherwise she would be at the mercy of others.

  "Huh? Why isn't Yuko saying anything?" a girl asked. It was then that everyone else noticed, while they were all talking about the handsome guy Zhou Xiao on TV, only Ogura Yui looked very quiet.

  "It's not like he's very handsome or anything, just an ordinary boy." Ogura Yuko said with a hint of embarrassment.

  "Not handsome? Indeed, compared to Takuya Kimura and Masaharu Fukuyama, it's not comparable, but looking so young yet having a mature feel, clothes and hairstyle are all very neat, such a man is not handsome, yukolin, you're too strict?" someone said.

  "Exactly, compared to him, those guys we usually see with exaggerated hairstyles and pretending to be cool are nothing! They're not even on the same level! I declare, he's my idol now, none of you are allowed to steal him from me, did you hear that?!" a girl shouted.

  "What? How sly! Don't be like this." The other girls cried out in unison.

  In the next program, although Ogura Yuko pretended to be uninterested in the show, when Zhou Xiao performed, she watched more seriously than anyone else. A boy of her own age was singing a sensational song on TV, but every night, he lived just one wall away from her. The subtle feeling in her heart made her face flush with embarrassment.

  "This is terrible, how am I going to face this guy from now on... and if I stick around just because he's making money, won't people think I'm a really shallow girl?" Ogura Yuko thought anxiously.